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Chapter Twenty

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I was on my back. Lying in the damp sand. This felt vaguely familiar. The sun was shining brightly across the beach. Where in gods name were we? Rolling onto my side, I saw the others starting to stir as well.

"Ron," I asked. "Where are we?"

"This is Bill and Fleur's cottage," he said. "This is where I came after I left you guys a while back."

"Fleur, did you hear that?" Bill asked from inside the house behind us. "I think someone Apparated in. Ron? Hermione? Haylee? Harry? What are you guys doing here? Oh my goodness, Hermione, Haylee what happend? It looks as though you were hit by the Cruciotus Curse."

"That's exactly what happened," I said. "We just escaped from Malfoy Manor."

"Come in," Bill motioned us towards the house. "We'll fix you right up."

"Thanks Bill." Ron smiled at his older brother.

The cottage stood overlooking the bay. It was very pretty. When we entered the inside you could hear the waves crashing on the rocks from the sea below. Bill helped carry Hermione in and placed her on the couch. Fleur dashed from the kitchen to see what the commotion was.

"Oh my goodniz, what 'appened?" She asked.

"Haylee was saying that they just came from Malfoy Manor," Bill told her. "Do you know any spells that will make her heal any faster?"

"A few," Fleur said. "I could try."

"Hermione's in good hands," Bill stood going into the kitchen. "Come with me, I would like to have a word with you three."

"What's up, Bill?" Ron asked taking a seat at the table.

"Our parents are stressing, Ron. Everyone is. Mom, dad, Fred, George, Jess, Allie," Bill said. "They want to know what you are doing. All of you."

"We can't tell you, Bill, we're sorry." Harry told him.

"I had a feeling you would say that," he said. "It's just good to see you. I can tell them that you are alright for the time being now. So what exactly happend at Malfoy Manor?"

"Well, we first got attacked by Snatchers," I started. "They were so happy that they caught us that they took us to Malfoy Manor. Bellatrix tortured Hermione and me because she thought we stole the sword- holy shit we forgot the sword!"

"That's not good." Ron said.

"What are we going to do?" Harry asked.

"Worry about that later. I want to know what happened." Bill said.

"Fine, sorry," I continued on. "So after she was finished having her fun, we ended up in the dungeons with Ron and Harry. Stuff happened and we got out."

"What stuff happened?" Bill asked.

"Stuff I really don't want to explain right now. I just want to find a way to get the sword back. That was our only way to kill them."

"Kill what?" Bill asked. "Are you guys murderers now?"

"No, Bill not that kind of kill-"

"What other kind of killing is there?" He raised an eyebrow.

"You got me there," I said. "Either way we still have a big problem."

"What do you think we should do about it?" Harry asked.

"I want to let Hermione have a say, so I think we should wait to talk about this when she gets better."

"That's a good idea," Ron replied. "Hey Bill do you have anything to eat here? I'm starving."

"You're always hungry, Ron," Bill chuckled. "But yes, we do. Go help yourself."

"Awesome!" He went to the refrigerator and got himself a snack. As a matter of fact, a snack sounded really good right about now. So Harry and I joined him.

"Ron, Harry, Haylee, Hermione's better," Bill peaked his head into the kitchen ten minutes later.

Oh goody

Racing back into the living room, I saw Hermione sitting up on the couch with a big gallon of ice cream. That alone should make anyone feel better, but that's just me.

"Hey, Mione, how are you feeling?" I asked sitting down beside her.

"Much better, I never realized that Fleur was such a good Healer." She said.

"'Et was nothing." Fleur blushed.

"Thanks for helping Fleur," I told her. "Now Hermione, we kind of have a little problem."

"What kind of problem?" She asked.

"We left the sword at Malfoy Manor."

"That is a problem," she said. "What do you think we should do? We can't go back there. That would be suicide."

"I know, but we have to do something," I got up and paced the room. "We could- no that's crazy."

"What?" Harry asked. "What could we do?"

"Well, when you two were in the dungeons and Bellatrix was torturing us, she said something about how we stole it from her vault at Gringotts. She could go and put it back. We could, you know, go to Gringotts and get it." I said.

"That's crazy," Harry replied. "We couldn't do that. There's loads of security and stuff there. I'm sure that we would get caught."

"I agree with Harry on this one," Hermione told me. "There has to be another way to get it back."

"Should we just let everything go then?" I asked. "What would happen if we find another one? How would we destroy it?"

"I'm sure we can think of something," Hermione said. "But the question now is where do we go from here?"

"You can't go anywhere tonight. You should all rest here for the night; figure it out in the morning. We have plenty of room." Bill said.

"Thanks Bill," Hermione said. "That means a lot."

"Don't mention it." He and Fleur left the room.

"Well, what do you guys think," Hermione asked her question to us. "Where do you think another Horcrux would be?"

"Let's think," I said. "Where would he want to put a part of his soul? You would think somewhere that he loved right? So what places did he care about?"

"The only place I could think of would be Hogwarts." Harry answered.

"Really, Harry?" Ron asked. "You think You-Know-Who would place a part of his soul at his school?"

"When I was with Dumbledore in sixth year he showed me some memories, and Tom did really love the school. It was a home for him since he lived in an orphanage. It was like a home for him like it was for Haylee and me."

"That does make some sense." I pointed out.

"So are we saying the next place we should go is Hogwarts?" Hermione asked.

"It seems so, what do you guys think?" Harry asked.

"The school year is almost over, so I guess we could," I answered. "Ron?"

"It's the only idea we've got, so I say we should go for it." He said.

"Alright," I smiled. "So we have a new heading. Maybe we'll get there in time to see everybody."

"And by everybody you mean our friends right?" Harry asked.

"Yup, that's what I meant." I shook my head.

"They escaped!" Bellatrix's voice echoed through the halls. "How is that possible?"

"I was wondering the same thing myself, Bella," Lucius stated from the table sipping his wine. "Who was the last person to see them?"

"Crabbe and Goyle were on watch." Bellatrix started at the two fat boys at the end of the long table.

"You think we let them escape?" Goyle asked. "The only thing I remember was standing in front of the cell, Malfoy was coming- Draco let them escape!"

"Don't be ridiculous, Goyle," Lucius laughed. "Why would Draco help them escape?"

"Why don't you ask him?" The two boys turned to face the blonde leaning against the back of his chair with his feet propped up on the table. Everyone turned their heads.

"You honestly think I would let them go?" Draco asked. "You two are stupider than I thought."

"You did let them go," Crabbe shouted. "You did something to us that made us black out and let them escape!"

"How could I have let them go if I was in my room at the time?" Draco asked.

"Huh?" They asked.

"I was in my room you nitwits." Draco rolled his eyes at their stupidity.

"It's true, boys," Narcissa entered the conversation. "I saw him."

"As did I." Lucius added.

"There is no way-"

"Give it a rest will ya?" Draco stood. "I'm going outside. It's a warm June day. Come on, Max." The dog ran after him, heading towards the back door. "That was close." He muttered to himself once out of the house. Max barked as if saying yes. "Imagine what would have happened if they believed those two idiots? I wonder if they figured out that they forgot that blasted sword. At least it's safe in my room so my dad or Bella won't get it," Max stared up at him blankly. "I'm talking to a freaking dog, what the hell am I doing?" Draco chuckled softly watching the birds flying high in the sky. Max barked and nudged the blue ball into his foot.

"Go long, Max," Draco told him throwing it as far as possible. "That should keep him occupied for a while. Now to find a way to get the sword back to them and finish the bastard off once and for all."

How's he gonna do that? And sorry guys, I'm skipping the Gringotts part. If you liked that part, I'm sorry :'( I also changed the time line of when some things happen. Like how the battle is in May or something, I moved it up a month to June. Or would that be down? Whatever, I think you get my point.

Hey, how many of you have a dog? Just wondering? I used to. I miss her. Makes me want another one real bad.

BadassAlec- Yeah he saved them! How can you not love him? Honestly?

Magimagus- Thanks for letting me know. I was worried there for a second. Thank you, I thought I did pretty good. I love Dobby also, and I freaked when he died. I couldn't kill him. I traded him for someone else ;)

xXMizz Alec VolturiXx- Bout time don't you think? I'm pleased with how it turned out.

IloveDracomorethanJohnnyDepp- I hate it when people blame you for crap you didn't do. It makes me so mad. Thank you. You're awesome just for saying I'm awesome.